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Rotary Club DGC reviews
9
0
ReedyCreekProduct
Experience:
24 years
19 played
4 reviews
Show off with some longer drives in Cabarrus County... 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Jun 4, 2014
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Very nice park with lots of activities.
Play or practice until 9 pm from April through October. The open nature of the course and limited artificial lighting allow you to play certain holes after dark, especially by the tennis courts.
The park is like a giant, grassy hill. You can see many of the tee pad/target areas from many spots on the course. With good distance on some of the holes, there is a real chance to show off in front of fellow discers and park goers. Or you can watch a lot of other discers and their techniques.
A restroom with water fountain is almost always visible or nearby. At least 3 are close to the course.
Sweet course map, and good signage at each tee pad. Look on the tee pad signs for an indication of where the next hole will be. It shouldn't be too difficult to follow.
Great environment: Gorgeous sunset views, and there is often a nice breeze in the park.
5 holes are decidedly uphill, and 6 are decidedly downhill.
7 holes that make good use of limited trees to encourage accuracy on either the approach or the drive: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17.
2 to 5 holes where the woods can come into play, depending on how well you throw: 3, 4(definitely wooded), 5, 6, 7(wooded at the end).
Never seen anything like hole 6: It feels like you are in a trench. If you try for an ace, you risk losing your disc in the brush. I always concede the ace and play it safe.
Hole 12 is my favorite design decision: With just 3 trees, it gives you a choice of 4 different driving routes.
Hole 18 is an uphill beast to finish on.
Potential for improvement. A high percentage of the few trees are young and growing. A few more well-placed trees/obstacles could make things really interesting.
Play or practice until 9 pm from April through October. The open nature of the course and limited artificial lighting allow you to play certain holes after dark, especially by the tennis courts.
The park is like a giant, grassy hill. You can see many of the tee pad/target areas from many spots on the course. With good distance on some of the holes, there is a real chance to show off in front of fellow discers and park goers. Or you can watch a lot of other discers and their techniques.
A restroom with water fountain is almost always visible or nearby. At least 3 are close to the course.
Sweet course map, and good signage at each tee pad. Look on the tee pad signs for an indication of where the next hole will be. It shouldn't be too difficult to follow.
Great environment: Gorgeous sunset views, and there is often a nice breeze in the park.
5 holes are decidedly uphill, and 6 are decidedly downhill.
7 holes that make good use of limited trees to encourage accuracy on either the approach or the drive: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 17.
2 to 5 holes where the woods can come into play, depending on how well you throw: 3, 4(definitely wooded), 5, 6, 7(wooded at the end).
Never seen anything like hole 6: It feels like you are in a trench. If you try for an ace, you risk losing your disc in the brush. I always concede the ace and play it safe.
Hole 12 is my favorite design decision: With just 3 trees, it gives you a choice of 4 different driving routes.
Hole 18 is an uphill beast to finish on.
Potential for improvement. A high percentage of the few trees are young and growing. A few more well-placed trees/obstacles could make things really interesting.
Cons:
Park currently closes at 5 pm from November through February. I think Mecklenburg County courses give you a little more time in the colder months.
Serious safety issues and questionable design decisions on 2 holes: Number 5 includes the corner of a parking lot in the fairway! It is often used for softball league or big soccer days. I sometimes lose a stroke just to avoid hitting a car. Number 7 more or less uses a popular walking path for its fairway. I like both of these holes when no cars or people are around, but you have to be really careful. There are some milder safety issues on a few other holes. Just be cautious.
Holes 1, 2, 13, and 16 are completely forgettable filler holes. No obstacles whatsoever and not a ton of distance.
The sun sets at the lower end of the park, so it WILL be in your eyes if you play certain holes at certain times.
Serious safety issues and questionable design decisions on 2 holes: Number 5 includes the corner of a parking lot in the fairway! It is often used for softball league or big soccer days. I sometimes lose a stroke just to avoid hitting a car. Number 7 more or less uses a popular walking path for its fairway. I like both of these holes when no cars or people are around, but you have to be really careful. There are some milder safety issues on a few other holes. Just be cautious.
Holes 1, 2, 13, and 16 are completely forgettable filler holes. No obstacles whatsoever and not a ton of distance.
The sun sets at the lower end of the park, so it WILL be in your eyes if you play certain holes at certain times.
Other Thoughts:
You can park closer to the entrance by the tennis courts and begin at holes 11/12/13, if you don't feel like driving up the big hill and deeper into the park.
Cabarrus County needed a good 18 holer and it got one. This park has been an obvious disc golf candidate for a long time. Apparently the Charlotte region needed a solid, open course. This is it. Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Cabarrus County and everyone else involved!
Cabarrus County needed a good 18 holer and it got one. This park has been an obvious disc golf candidate for a long time. Apparently the Charlotte region needed a solid, open course. This is it. Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Cabarrus County and everyone else involved!
6
0
doctharock
Experience:
13.8 years
25 played
3 reviews
The most open course in the area 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 2, 2014
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Very open course. It is a great addition to the Charlotte area. Not many courses give that much space to work on long drives and the wind game. 12 or so of the holes are pretty much grip it and rip it. There are 4 par 4's that are over 600'. There are a couple short par 3's, and few other par 3's that are in the 375'-450' range.
The absolute best part about the course is the beauty. It is extremely well maintained. You can see over most of the course from just about every teepad. And speaking of teepads, they are very long and very wide, which is really nice. No worries about not having enough room for a run up. Also, the signage is great. It is on a post with a well designed picture of the hole including trees and paths to the basket. There is also a flag on each post to help judge the wind. That is a nice touch.
It is definitely fun and there are very few danger areas, which make it less mentally challenging and stressful. I think it would be a great place for a beginner to learn and develop distance.
The absolute best part about the course is the beauty. It is extremely well maintained. You can see over most of the course from just about every teepad. And speaking of teepads, they are very long and very wide, which is really nice. No worries about not having enough room for a run up. Also, the signage is great. It is on a post with a well designed picture of the hole including trees and paths to the basket. There is also a flag on each post to help judge the wind. That is a nice touch.
It is definitely fun and there are very few danger areas, which make it less mentally challenging and stressful. I think it would be a great place for a beginner to learn and develop distance.
Cons:
There are two cons. One really big, one not so much.
First, holes 5,6, and 7. They really are head-scratchers. It's not the holes themselves that are bad, it's just where they are placed. Hole 5 you have to throw over a parking lot. There are two trees right at the tee, so I am guessing that is why they put the teepad there, but really the teepad should be 100' closer and to the side of the parking lot. Having the potential to have to throw over cars is not a good design, in my opinion. Hole 6. This also runs adjacent to the back of the same parking lot. An ill placed drive just slightly left will likely hit a car if there are any parked on that side. The pin for 6 is right next to a softball field. Throw too far and you are more than likely going into the field. There is also the potential for disc golfers to be hit by softballs as it is just over the left field wall. This hole should have been about 100' shorter, in my opinion. That would take most of the parking lot and the softball field out of play. I do kind of see why the designer probably went ahead with these holes as the parking lot is only used for the softball fields, so their thought was that it will most likely be empty most of the time. A good fix would be an alternate tee for those times when it is being used. Hole 7, you have to throw down a jogging path. The jogging path is the fairway. That pretty much is all I probably would need to say about that, but there is train tracks running adjacent to the left side as well (I will admit that I am unsure how much the tracks are actually used).
The other con is the lack of variety of throws that you need. Come with a light bag. Most of the day will be driver, putter. That's not really a big con, just something to note.
First, holes 5,6, and 7. They really are head-scratchers. It's not the holes themselves that are bad, it's just where they are placed. Hole 5 you have to throw over a parking lot. There are two trees right at the tee, so I am guessing that is why they put the teepad there, but really the teepad should be 100' closer and to the side of the parking lot. Having the potential to have to throw over cars is not a good design, in my opinion. Hole 6. This also runs adjacent to the back of the same parking lot. An ill placed drive just slightly left will likely hit a car if there are any parked on that side. The pin for 6 is right next to a softball field. Throw too far and you are more than likely going into the field. There is also the potential for disc golfers to be hit by softballs as it is just over the left field wall. This hole should have been about 100' shorter, in my opinion. That would take most of the parking lot and the softball field out of play. I do kind of see why the designer probably went ahead with these holes as the parking lot is only used for the softball fields, so their thought was that it will most likely be empty most of the time. A good fix would be an alternate tee for those times when it is being used. Hole 7, you have to throw down a jogging path. The jogging path is the fairway. That pretty much is all I probably would need to say about that, but there is train tracks running adjacent to the left side as well (I will admit that I am unsure how much the tracks are actually used).
The other con is the lack of variety of throws that you need. Come with a light bag. Most of the day will be driver, putter. That's not really a big con, just something to note.
Other Thoughts:
Overall, this is a very good course. I would give it a 4.5 rating with a little bit of redesign of holes 5,6, and 7. It is worth playing if you are in the area if you want a break from the more technical, woods courses in the region.
3
9
ktravis4
Experience:
1 played
1 reviews
nice course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 1, 2014
Played the course:once
Pros:
Nice tee boxes, good signage, course is in excellent shape. Innova discs are sold on site. Water cooler and trash cans on many holes. Grip n rip, as well as, accuracy drives.
Cons:
A few more benches at tee boxes.
Other Thoughts:
I have looked forward to this course opening and have followed construction as it occurred. I expected it to be an open and short course. Boy did I get a great surprise. This course is long, it has 3 holes that are par 4's over 600 feet. About 30 trees were recently planted that will make this course even more challenging in the future. I'm sure there are some players that will find something to complain about but in reality this is a great course that is only going to get better!
